U+311D "ㄝ" Bopomofo Letter Eh Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+311D "ㄝ" Bopomofo Letter Eh is a symbol from the Bopomofo phonetic system, primarily used in Taiwan and other Mandarin Chinese educational contexts to represent the sound "eh" as in the English word "bet" or the Standard Chinese final "-ie" found in characters like 些 (xiē). As part of the Bopomofo block, this character functions as a phonetic aid for teaching pronunciation and typing input, specifically denoting a mid front unrounded vowel sound. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent digital representation across platforms, supporting language preservation and learning resources for Mandarin Chinese.

General Properties

Code Point U+311D
Version Added 1.1
Name Bopomofo Letter Eh
Block Bopomofo
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ㄝ
HTML Hex Encoding ㄝ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE3 0x84 0x9D
UTF-16 Encoding 0x311D
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000311D
C/C++/Java Escape \u311d

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Ideographic
East Asian Width Wide
Script Bopomofo
Script Extensions Bopomofo
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter